Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. abyss, abysm(noun)

   a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

Wiktionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. abyss(Noun)

   A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable.

2. abyss(Noun)

   Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos.

3. abyss(Noun)

   Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.

4. abyss(Noun)

   The center of an escutcheon.

Origin: * First attested in the late 14th century.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Abyss(noun)

   a bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit

2. Abyss(noun)

   infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth

3. Abyss(noun)

   the center of an escutcheon

Origin: [L. abyssus a bottomless gulf, fr. Gr. bottomless; 'a priv. + depth, bottom.]

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1. Abyss

   In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the Abyss, or more fully, the Infinite Layers of the Abyss, is a chaotic evil-aligned plane of existence. It is one of a number of alignment-based Outer Planes that form part of the standard Dungeons & Dragons cosmology, used in the Planescape and Greyhawk campaign settings. The Abyss is also the name of one of the faith-based outer planes that form part of the Forgotten Realms cosmology. While the published 3rd-Edition source books indicate that the Abyss of the standard D&D cosmology is not the same plane as the Abyss of the Forgotten Realms cosmology, they are for all practical purposes identical.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Abyss

   a-bis′, n. a bottomless gulf: a deep mass of water.—adj. Abyss′al. [Gr. abyssos, bottomless—a, without, byssos, bottom.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. abyss

   1. The measureless gulf between literature and the American magazine. 2. The distance between a thinker and an editorial writer.

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1. abyss

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Anagrams for abyss »

1. bassy

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of abyss in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of abyss in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Kedar Joshi:

   The universe is a philosophical abyss.

2. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche:

   If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

3. Gerard Magnin:

   Let's hope that Hinkley Point will not drag EDF in the same abyss as Areva.

4. Honore' de Balzac:

   The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

5. Anonymous:

   Obsessively hating something is still obsessing. Do not forget what happens when you stare into the abyss.

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